Loader.



E. & A. BUTTS.

LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1909.

Patented J an. 30, 1912.

E. n A. BUTTS.

LOADER..

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1909.

Patented Jan. 30, 1912.

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ELMEE.EUTTS.AND ALBERT BUTTS,0E rEABoDY,KAEsAS LOADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30,1912.

Application filed September 9, 1909. Serial No. 516,928.

To all whom t may concern.' y

Be it known that we, ELMER BUTTS and ALBERT BUTTS, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Peabody, in the county of Marion and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loaders, ofwhich the following is a specilcation.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements inloaders.

The object of our invention is to provide a loader so constructed thatthe same may be used in connection with a manure scoop, shovel or hayfork by means of which the material may be gathered, elevated, and thenbe dumped.

lVith the above and other objects in View, the present inventionconsists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claim, it being understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a part of this speciiication, and in which likenumerals of reference indicate similar part-s in the several views,Figure l shows a side elevational view of a loader embodying ourinvention. Fig. 2 shows a top view. Fig. 3 shows a detached detail ofthe supporting frame. Fig. 4 shows an enlarged detached detail of thefoot operated drum releasing mechanism. Fig. 5 discloses an enlargeddetail of the clutch operating mechanism. Fig. 6 shows a longitudinalSectional view through the main supporting shaft.

The aim of our invention is to providel a portable, wheel supportedframe, having an elevating mechanism so arranged that the machine can becarried through the field to gather the material, and deposit the sameinto a wagon, feed rack, or upon a stack.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 10 indicates the twodivergently held main supporting sills which at their forward ends areconnected by means of the end sill 11, and intermediate of the endsbeing strengthened by means of the transverse sills 12 and 13. Withinthe united ends of these sills 10 is held the boxing 15 carrying thestem 16 of the caster wheel 17 this stem being held above by means ofthe pin 18.

Held within the bearings 19 and within the under Surface of the sills1() is the main operating shaft 9 provided with the supporting wheels 8.This shaft 9 is centrally provided with a collar 9 against which collarare securely clamped the two oppositely located drum members 22 and 23secured in position by means of the bolts 24, as clearly shown in Fig. 6of theA drawings. As shown a narrow space is provided between these drummembers 22 and 23 between which is held the hoisting cable 25. These twodrum members 22and 23 revolve freely about the shaft 9 and one of thedrum members as the one marked 22 has the circumscribing ratchet teeth26, the drum further being provided with the clutch collar. 27. Splinedto this shaft 9 by means of the key 28 working within the groove 29 isthe sliding clutch collar 30 arranged for cowaction with the clutch member 27 so that the drum can be connected to the driving shaft 9. The endof the cable 25 is secured to the drum by any suitable means, afterpassing over the sheave 5, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

Secured to the rear end of the main sills 10, is the cross bar 31 fromwhich extends a strap 32 secured by means of the bolt 33 at one end andthe bolt 34 at the other end. Pivotally held below this strap 32 is thedouble tree 35 held by means of the king pin 36, and to this double tree35 are secured the draft animals used in propelling the loader.Extending lfrom the double tree 35 are the two brace rods 37 these bracerods at their forward ends being secured to the staples 38 fastenedwithin the side sills 10. These bars 37 limit the rocking movement ofthe double tree.

Held to the pin 39 secured within the for* ward member 11, is the rocklever 40 from which extends the collar 41 in engagement within thegroove 30 of the clutch 30. At its rear end this rock lever isslottedAas Shown at 43 and slidably held within the slot is the pin 43carried by the curved link 44 which is carried by the pivot pin 45 heldwithin the frame member 13. EX- tending from the end of this link 44 isthe connecting rod 46 which is secured to the lower end of the handlever 47 which is carried upon t-he pin 48 held within the ear 49secured to the frame member 31.

lThis hand lever 47 is provided with the usual rack segment 50 andlocking dog 51.

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By means of this lever 47 the drum canv be thrown into or out of gear.with the driving shaft.

Carried upon the transverse frame member 12 is the ear 52 pivotallysupporting the pawl 53 havingv the operating arm; 54 from the mainsills10` is lthe supporting; shaft 62 which carries they derrick. To'theshaft 62 arey secured-the rock'arms 63 'havingithe pin openings- 64arrangedA to adjustab'ly receive the operating; bar 66.,

Held tothesupporting ears 67 by means ofvthegpins-68 arethe operatinglevers employed' in tilting the` carryingV member 86. These operatinglevers. comprise the end membersf69 having each a .plurality of'boltopenings 70 arranged to. Areceive the adjusting bolt'- 71 members 69 arethe divergently held operatoperating members orlevers 71 are braced by4means ofthe bars 73. Near their forwardfends',.the levers 71 carry the.pin 74 supporting the trip arm 75fhaving the notch 76'v engaging`thehood 77 inthe form of a metal f'bar;bent U-sh'aped and secured'tothe frame memberV v31. Y

Heldadjacentv to the frame member 31, withinthe bearings 7 is Vthesheave shaft 6 lcarryi'r'ig'-the'sheave 5.` Thecable 25 is ar.-

ranged topass Voverthis sheave 5, and attachedto the drum asibefore.stated.l

Pivotallyheld uponthegshaft62 is the derrick as used l:infour invention.This der:

yriclriilcludes thetwo parallel held bars 7 8 strengthened by-meansAofthe cross bars 7 9 and `secured-at` their rear: ends by means of theframe bar" 80. Extending upwardly y, from-'thesidemembers 78 and'securedat connectinfL witlrf the` loader.A Extendingl fromth'e lowerendsoth'esecarrier Abars are they metallic brackets `84 which carry thesh'aft'85 givingi support to the'scoop86 at its contiguous portions Thisscoophas. theup-A standing arms 87providedfw-ith aplurality Themembers69 are carried uponthe bolt 68, andextending from these.

of bolt openings 86 arranged to receive a bolt- 66 carried by theoperating bar 66. The operating bar 66 and the lower frame .member 78are held in parallel spaced relaconstruction issuch that when the clutchisA thrown `into 'engagement with the' main drivfing wheel, tlieeablewliichis secured to the upstanding members 81 is'woundv about thesmallest portion of the drums so that' as the winding operation iscontinued, the diameteriof/v the cablereceiving portion of* the vdrumincreases; the; pin 65which is `carried by onev end of n The'draftanimals aresecured to the double tree and are hitched; to the chains 88:horses no steering mechanism being-necessary.

As' the `cable is lWound upon the' drum, the

pawl 53 prevents any retrograde movement;

After'the scoop or'fork has received its loady kthe operator throws inthe clutch which ear.'-

riesthe vderrick upward iand kwhen-the proper 'elevation hasbeenattained' the clutch is thrown'outoficontact when' the derrick willb'eheld in psition lby means ofthe pawl53.' Arriving at the point where.the loadis to be deposited, which 'may be a'hay cock, feed rack,or-stack, the, operator actuates the trip 7 5 resultingin the'carrying.scoop or; other member'beingtilted to dump they load.

As has been stated the scoopcan be removed from the shaft and replacedby means oi" a hay*V fork.

The ydevice is light,y simplerand inexpen siveofconstruction and bothdurable and eiibient irr `operation.

Having thus'described our said invention,

kwhat weclaim'as new and .desire to secure by United 'States LettersPatent is:

The combination with ajmain frame, of supporting wheels therefor, a`triangular frame having a vertex` on its base pivoted to themain' frameand having its lhypotenuse extending'jdownward;below the base, ashovel-pivoted to the'lower-endof said extension, saidy shovelhaving'anupwardly projecting:arm,l connections betweenthe apex of'theframe and rone of the supporting wheels forsdraw-ingfthe apexdownwardto raise the` shovel, arock vlever'fmounted on the4 pivot ofIthextriangul'ar` frame; .a link connectingfthe rock lever with; the'armof the shovel', aframe .pivoted' toA` the main' frame, a ylinkconnecting.' one of the arms of said frame withthe rock leverga handlecar' ried by said pivoted frame for shifting the' same to rook the leverand thus the shovel, In testimony whereof We affix our signa.- a curvedtrip lever pivoted to the handle and tures, in presence of twoWitnesses. having a recessed lever end and a U member ELMER BUTTS.

secured to the main frame for engagement ALBERT BUTTS. by the recessedend of the curved trip lever Witnesses:

to look the pivot frame and thus the shovel F. H. Pnnsco'r'r,

in adjusted position. C. C. DYE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

